NPR邊聽邊練121:奧巴馬簽署法案保護女性

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2020年08月19日

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主餐一道：泛聽練習

以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個段落的聽寫?？諆?nèi)信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據(jù)這些信息復述新聞。

一、泛聽建議：

1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。

2、繼續(xù)聽，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。

3、復述新聞。

President Obama has just signed into law an updated version of the Violence Against Women Act. The measure would expand federal programs for women _1_ by domestic and sexual violence.

奧巴馬總統(tǒng)剛剛簽署了反對暴力侵害婦女法案更新版本的法案，使其成為法律。這項舉措為那些遭受家庭暴力和性暴力的婦女增加了聯(lián)邦立法保護。

"We'll expand them to cover even more women because this's a country where every body should be able to pursue their own measure of happiness and live their lives free from fear. No matter who you are, no matter who you love, that's _2_ be our priorities, that's what today is about."The law adds protections for native American, gay, bisexual, and trans-gender victims of abuse.

“我們在法案中涵蓋了更多婦女，因為在這個國家，所有人都應追求自己的幸福，擺脫恐懼自由的生活，無論你是誰，無論你愛的是誰，那都是我們首先要考慮的事情，這就是今天這項法案的意義。”新法案增加了對土著美國人、同性戀、雙性戀及變性人受害者的保護。

The United Nation Security Council has unanimously approved new sanctions against north Korea over its recent nuclear test. The communist nation _3_ to launch what it calls a preemptive nuclear strike against the U.S. and other aggressors. That threat was quickly dismissed by the White House.The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice says the new sanctions will be felt."The strength, breadth and severity of these sanctions will _4_ the cost to North Korea of its illicit nuclear program."The U.N.resolution _5_ by the U.S. and China which has long been North Korea's main ally."

聯(lián)合國安理會一致通過關(guān)于制裁朝鮮第三次核試驗問題的決議。朝鮮方面表示將向美國和其他侵略者行使核先發(fā)打擊的權(quán)利。該威脅很快便被白宮駁回。美國駐聯(lián)合國大使蘇珊·賴斯表示，新制裁會讓朝鮮“嘗到苦頭”。“這些制裁的強度、廣度和力度將使朝鮮為其不正當核武計劃付出更大代價。”這項聯(lián)合國決議由美國和中國起草，而中國一直以來都是朝鮮的主要盟友。

詞匯解析：

1. unanimously adv. 全體一致地

eg:He was unanimously elected as President.

人們一致選舉他當總統(tǒng)。

2、dismiss

vt.解雇，把……免職;遣散，解散(隊伍等);駁回，拒絕受理;擱置

vi.解散

eg. Mr Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation.

韋克厄姆先生把這些報道當作臆測而不予考慮。

eg. An American judge yesterday dismissed murder charges against Dr Jack Kevorkian.

昨天一個美國法官駁回了對杰克·凱沃爾基安醫(yī)生的謀殺指控。

eg. The military commander has been dismissed.